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Politics & Policy

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference to announce impeachment managers on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Pelosi is joined by impeachment managers, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., right, and House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., left. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Government Accountability

Watch: House votes to send Trump impeachment to Senate for trial

Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., are widely expected to be among the managers.

6 years ago

(credit: AP)
Radio Times
Politics

Democrats debate as primary season approaches

Guest host Mary Cummings-Jordan and her guest discuss Tuesday night's debate, and what the candidates are saying in the lead up to the first round of primaries.

Air Date: January 15, 2020 10:00 am

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Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right greet each other as former Vice President Joe Biden, watches Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, before a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Elections
National

Warren, Sanders spar over her claim he said woman can’t win

Elizabeth Warren is standing behind her charge that Bernie Sanders said a woman could not defeat Donald Trump.

6 years ago

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his second State of the State address in Trenton on January 14, 2020. (Edwin J. Torres/ Governor's Office)
New Jersey
Taxes

In State of the State speech, Murphy renews call for millionaire’s tax in N.J.

In the annual speech before the Legislature, the first-term Democrat again pitched it as a way to raise revenue, fund his progressive political agenda.

6 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania House of Representatives chamber Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Pa. House moves to keep people convicted of gun crimes in jail longer

The chamber narrowly passed a measure that would require judges to issue consecutive sentences for multiple crimes involving guns.

6 years ago

Comcast's David L. Cohen delivers a video address to the crowd at the grand opening of the Crane Chinatown community center on Nov. 8, 2019. Comcast was a major donor to the project. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Philadelphia
Politics

The Comcast executive who’ll be a key power player in 2020

You may have never heard of David L. Cohen, the Philly power broker and Comcast executive. But most presidential candidates sure have.

Air Date: January 14, 2020

Listen 14:26
Executive Director of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank Joe Arthur (center) speaks during a roundtable discussion on proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Harrisburg on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

Wolf administration warns against proposed SNAP cuts

More than 1.7 million Pennsylvanians use SNAP and the program contributes $2.5 billion dollars to the state’s economy.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a campaign event, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, in Marshalltown, Iowa. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Elections

6 big questions ahead of final debate before start of voting

The prime-time faceoff comes just 20 days before Iowa's caucuses as polls suggest the nomination is truly up for grabs.

6 years ago

Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democrats the House will vote to send the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate Wednesday. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Government Accountability

House to vote Wednesday to send impeachment articles to Senate

Pelosi is also expected to name impeachment managers to lead the prosecution against the president but did not tell the caucus who would the managers would be.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2020 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a campaign event in North Liberty, Iowa. Booker has dropped out of the presidential race after failing to qualify for the December primary debate. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Elections
New Jersey
Billy Penn

Why Booker dropped out: Struggling with financial resources, he ‘failed to connect’

The N.J. senator’s departure leaves a 2020 Democratic field that’s a lot less colorful.

6 years ago

A conventional drilling site is prepared in Butler County, Pennsylvania in the winter of 2014. (Courtesy of Pennsylvania DEP)
Energy
Environment

Wolf says despite GOP compromise, drilling bill still poses too much environmental risk

Republicans are pushing for looser regulations on conventional oil and gas drillers, who generally run small operations and work with relatively shallow wells.

6 years ago

This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. (Michelle R. Smith/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania cranks up PR campaign to boost census response

Pennsylvania's second lady, Giselle Fetterman, will help lead a campaign to encourage residents to respond to the census.

6 years ago

This Aug. 22, 2019 photo shows medical marijuana plants being grown before flowering during a media tour of the Curaleaf medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Ravena, N.Y. (Hans Pennink/AP Photo)
Economy
National

Pot politics: Some Northeast states regroup on legalization

The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut still want to make recreational pot legal, and they and Gov. Tom Wolf have been comparing notes on how to do it.

6 years ago

Delaware Senator Chris Coons (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Radio Times
Delaware
National
Politics

Sen. Chris Coons

Delaware Senator Chris Coons talks with Mary about a range of topics, including the impeachment proceedings and the crises in Iran and Iraq.

6 years ago

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Senator Cory Booker says he will seek re-election to the Senate rather than continue his presidential campaign. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
NPR
Elections
New Jersey

Cory Booker drops out of presidential race

In an email to his supporters, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker cited a number of reasons: most notably, a lack of money to continue.

6 years ago

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